Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gamma camera, spect device, pet device, and method for generating measured gamma ray images
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Application No.: US14767037Application Date: 2014-02-13
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Publication No.: US09870608B2Publication Date: 2018-01-16
- Inventor: Wataru Takeuchi , Atsuro Suzuki , Yuichi Morimoto , Isao Takahashi
- Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Mattingly & Malur, PC
- Priority: JP2013-057814 20130321
- International Application: PCT/JP2014/053239 WO 20140213
- International Announcement: WO2014/148154 WO 20140925
- Main IPC: G06T5/50
- IPC: G06T5/50 ; A61B6/00 ; G01T1/164 ; G06T7/00 ; H04N5/232

Abstract:
A unit (33) for generating count images for separate energy windows generates main measured count images and auxiliary measured count images on the basis of gamma ray (6) count information measured by a detector head (10). A main measurement window direct ray count rate estimation unit (42) estimates a count rate for direct gamma rays in a main measurement energy window, doing so by subtracting a scattered gamma ray count rate for an auxiliary measurement energy window, which has been estimated from an auxiliary measured count image and detector response data by an auxiliary measurement window scattered ray count rate estimation unit (41), from the main measured count image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150379699A1 GAMMA CAMERA, SPECT DEVICE, PET DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR GENERATING MEASURED GAMMA-RAY IMAGES Public/Granted day:2015-12-31
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